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Jan. 24, 1956 B. E. MORIARTY SPRING SASH CURTAIN ROD Filed Feb. 18, 1952 iNVENTOR BENEDICT E.MORIARTY ATTORNEYS United States Patent "U This invention-'appertairistb curtaina ods'and more particularly to curtain rods of the springsash type.

He'reto fore, spring sash curtain rods have included the aspring rod in which the end convolutions were finished in having an upstanding prong or hook :adapted to receive the respective end loop of the spring :rod. The conven- "tional spring sash curtain rod had the disadvantage of having rough finished appearance andmuch'difiiculty was experienced in threading the flexible -sp'ring rod through the curtain.

A primary object of my invention therefore is to provide a spring sash curtain rod having rounded ball ends firmly secured to the outer convolutions of the spring rod so that the rod may be easily threaded through the curtain.

Another important object of my invention is to provide a pair of novel brackets which will firmly. and securely hold the rod against accidental dislodgement to the window sash or frame but at the same time providing brackets to which the rod may be easily placed or removed.

A further object of my invention is to provide identical brackets each stamped from a single length of material, one end of which is provided with an aperture for receiving a screw or fastening element and the other end being formed with an enlarged aperture of the key hole type, in which the large opening is of a greater diameter than the ball end of the rod and the elongated opening of the key hole slot is of a smaller diameter than the diameter of the ball end.

A more specific object of my invention is to provide my novel bracket with a base portion which is secured to the wall, an end portion lying in a plane perpendicular to the base portion of an intermediate section joining the base and end portions, the large opening of the key hole slot being formed in the intermediate section and with a length of the smaller elongated opening lying in both the intermediate and end portions.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a spring sash curtain rod unit of an attractive appearance and which can be placed upon the market at a reasonable cost and will be durable and efficient in use.

With these and other objects in view and to the end of attaining any other advantage hereinafter appearing this invention consists in certain features of construction and combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described, pointed out in the claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the same drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view, partly in section, showing my novel spring sash rod firmly held to the brackets in its curtain holding position; the section being represented by the line 1-1 of Fig. 3 and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 2 is a top plan view similar to Figure 1 but illustrating in full lines a position of the rod when performing the steps necessary to remove the spring sash rod from the brackets and showing in dotted lines the approximate are "c'lainpe'd or otherwise afli'xed to the extreme 'proveme'nt over the roughly "finished 'c'onv'e" 2 position r the rod in its retrateafpesttrsn unsaturated from the brackets; k

Figure 3 is arrsstelvsaasal "view 's'ho regime rig 'sai'sh rod in "the position illiist'rate'd "in Figure "16f the drawings; Figure "4 is an end view of myr'od shows in the'ip'os'itiiin of Figure 1 ofthedrawin s; "and v g I i Figure '5 is M of ant (if 'the "from llbeform'e i 7 Referring new to the drawihgs in detail reference eharacrers fdesighiite eor r throughout the several views the letter C cares one type of my tarp-raved in struction and the same includes broadly the s The spring curtain rod 1f0 has secured to the extremities "thereof rounded 'ball ends 13 and "1 1 Etch outer 'convo'lutions 15 of "the s'pringrod. This 'is a deem ii'n- "ioaals ng roiis and enables "the rod to be evehlyQthr'eadeH thro gh th curtain and forms an 'endth'a't may be readily gras ed iii the fingers, when it is necessary to niahipulatejthe in attaching or removing the same "from "the smart-rs.

The brackets 11 and 12 are identically formed and by referring to Figure 5 of the drawings it can be seen that each is stamped from a single piece of metal 16 which includes a base portion 17, an intermediate section 18 and an end portion 19. The base portion 17 is formed with a small aperture 20 which is adapted to receive a curtain rod nail or screw S. The intermediate section 18 and outer end portion 19 have formed therein a large key hole slot 21 which includes broadly an enlarged 'opening 22 of a greater diameter than the ball ends 13 and 14 of the rod 10 and an elongated opening 23 of a smaller diameter than the diameter of the ball ends. The flat length of metal 16 is bent outwardly from the base 17 as indicated by the dotted lines 24 and 25 so that the end portion 19 lies in a plane perpendicular to the base 17. While it is obvious that the intermediate portion 18 and the end portion 19 may both lie in the same plane, perpendicular to the base, in the preferred embodiment of the invention it is desired that the intermediate section 18 lie in a plane which intersects the plane of the base 17 and outer end portion 19"at angles the sum total of which is The advantage of this will be readily apparent asthe description proceeds.

Assuming that the brackets have been afiixed to a fiat surface with the end portions facing one another and that my spring type curtain rod is in its locked curtain holding position as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, in order to remove the rod from the brackets it is only necessary to grip the ball ends and stretch the rod slightly at the same time moving the rod in the direction of the arrows shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings until the ball ends of the rod are in alignment with the enlarged openings 22. In this position the spring rod may be allowed to retract and the ball ends 13 and 14 will be moved out of the openings 22 toward the dotted line position in the direction of the arrows in Fig. 2 of the drawings, whereby the rod may be readily removed from its brackets. Obviously in order to attach the rod to the brackets the procedure is reversed, the rod being stretched until the ball ends are received in the enlarged openings 22 and the spring rod moved outwardly into the smaller elongated openings 23. In this position the rod will be firmly and securely held in its brackets.

An important salient feature of my novel brackets resides in the fact that, in the preferred embodiment, a portion of the narrow elongated slot 23 lies in the intermediate section 18 and in order to remove the rod from the bracket the spring must be stretched to allow the ball ends to move outwardly into the enlarged openings 22. This will prevent the accidental inward movement of the rod that could release the spring rod from its brackets.

This portion of the elongated slot 23 lying in the intermediate section 18 also acts as a cam surface to guide and urge the respective ball end of the rod into its curtain holding position and as the rod is under spring tension will aid in holding the rod in that position.

From the foregoing it is believed that the features and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and it will, of course, be understood that changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

In combination, a spring sash curtain rod of the type having a coil spring body and ball ends; a pair of identical brackets secured in spaced parallel relation adapted to receive the ball ends of the curtain rod and to hold the coil spring body under tension, each bracket including a base portion adapted to be secured to a window surface, an intermediate section connected to the base portion, said intermediate sections each extending diagonally from a respective base portion toward said other intermediate section, and an outer end portion connected to each intermediate section and extending outwardly therefrom in spaced parallel relation, one to the other, said base section, intermediate section and end portion of each bracket being so constructed and arranged that said end section and said base section are in a 90 degree relationship one to the other, said base section, intermediate section and end portion of each bracket being provided with a keyhole slot with the larger opening being of a greater diameter than the ball and lying totally within the intermediate section and the narrow elongated opening of the slot being of a less diameter than the ball end and having a portion lying in both the intermediate section and the end portion of the bracket, whereby, the portion of the narrow opening lying in the intermediate section will act as a cam to guide the respective ball end of the rod into its curtain holding position under tension of said coil spring body.

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